Definition
A Pass-the-Hash Attack is a technique where an attacker captures a user's password hash and uses it directly to authenticate to other systems without needing to crack or know the actual plaintext password.
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Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft's directory service for Windows domain networks that provides authentication, authorization, group policy management, and centralized resource management across an organization.
Credential Stuffing
Credential Stuffing is an automated attack that uses stolen username and password pairs from data breaches to gain unauthorized access to user accounts on other services, exploiting password reuse.
Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation is the exploitation of a bug, design flaw, or configuration oversight in an operating system or application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from unprivileged users.
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